Pondy gets first woman DGP

Puducherry: Puducherry will have its first woman Director General of Police (DGP) with S Sundari Nanda being appointed to the top post today.

S Sundari Nanda became the first woman Director General of Police of Pondicherry.

Sundari Nanda, a 1988 batch police officer belonging to the AGMU cadre has been transferred from National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCTD) and posted as Director General of Police (DGP) of Union Territory of Puducherry, an order of the Union Home Ministry said.

The incumbent, S K Gautam, has been transferred and posted in the NCTD, it said.

Kiran Bedi, the first woman IPS officer of the country, is the Lt Governor of the Union Territory.